This evening, Gay Bum played at Play All The Things at the Lucky Pig cocktail bar. I appreciate that there is nothing massively interesting about that in itself, especially seeing as we only played three songs. What is fairly interesting, however, is that for the first time since about 2009 we wr...
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At long last, I have crafted the perfect job application. I have sent it to half a dozen companies today, expect at least fifty interviews by the end of the week and would be surprised if I am not offered the newly created position of World Presidency by 2015. Do feel free to borrow and adapt it ...
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At last, the first draft of a project SIX MONTHS IN THE WRITING has been completed and handed over to the wonderful Daz for illustration. It still isn't finished. There are bits to be added, bits to be removed and bits to be expanded and made, generally, better. Even so, after looking at this pro...
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Just a quick update today to say that my project with Daz is making progress! I can't give you any details at the moment, but here is some related artwork Daz is producing for it. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5720,5719,5718,5717,5716,5715,5713"] We are working hard and hoping to have some...
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For Halloween, I journeyed back down to London (by MEGATRAIN) to play at the Bar Solo Halloween Freakshow! On a whim, we decided to write and play a new song in honour of Halloween. So we did...and we actually played it. It is called Brains and is a tribute to zombies... ...it is also the fi...
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This week, we had the honour of being specially invited to play at the opening of the Behind the Boosh photogrpahy exhibition in the Camden Proud Gallery. The exhibition features the best behind-the-scenes photos taken by Dave Brown (Bollo) during his decade of working on the Mighty Boosh. ...
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As part of our on-going tour of North London, the Bum This time, we were joined by the masterful Al of PUMP Photography who also trains and shoots for Lucha Brittania. Through his camera, we looked even better than we do in reality: [gallery columns="4" type="rectangular" ids="4531,4529,453...
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On Sunday morning, with hangovers that would kill lesser men, the Guild of Adventures donned our running gear (I made mine by taking a knife to my trousers), wrapped socks around our shoes to keep them on...and strode out onto the Killing Fields of Tough Guy Nettle Warrior 2013... [caption id="at...
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"The long-haired singer randomly shoved a big cake into his own face and, to the amusement of the audience, he later slipped over it too. It was a hilarious and bizarre introduction to LeeFest and set the tone for the rest of the day." - Angie Quinn, Reviewing LeeFest 2013 for Newsshopper Yesterday,...
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Ladies and gentlefaces, Gay Bum will now officially be playing LeeFest 2013! I say 'officially' because we do tend to sneak into things like this and play anyway... ..we call it Blitz Gigging. On a lineup that includes the Noisettes, Delphic, The Skints and London Grammar, we might look a little ...
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Last night was Gay Bum's first proper gig since May 2011. Here is the evidence! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3572,3573,3574,3575,3576,3577,3578,3579" orderby="rand"] All these photos were taken by Rebecca Brazil....
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Now that I am back in the UK, it only makes sense to bring back one of the best things about my life at home. My band, the incomparable Gay Bum. After 2 years of absence from the UK music scene, we have decided to do some kind of comeback tour. We are calling the tour Cumming on Back, for obv...
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First off, don't panic - this is an old X-ray. It was taken after a gig I played at the Hoxton Underbelly last year. I punched the stage at the end of the second song of the set and broke my knuckle. I couldn't really get a good photo of it, but you can see where the end of the 5th metacar...
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